18 Feb
2022
18 Feb
'22
11:20 a.m.
On 2/18/22 13:30, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote:
On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 6:55 AM Paul Koning via cctalk
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Maybe, maybe not. Failure to sell may have resulted in scrapping.
When I had to get rid of my last big iron vaxen at the University
it was made quite clear that if I didn't find them a home in a very
short time they would be scrapped.
bill
Speaking of vector processors: there's a very obscure DEC processor, the
DEC MPP. I remember seeing the processor architecture document when it was
being designed, not sure why. It's a very-RISC machine, just a few
instructions, but lots of cores especially for that time -- 256? More?
Recently I saw it mentioned in some documents, apparently it did get
produced and shipped, perhaps only in small numbers. I wonder if any have
been preserved.
There was one listed on eBay for an obscene (like $500k?) price for quite
awhile, don't see it listed right now though. Somehow I doubt it sold.
But at least there's one out there, somewhere...